---
name: "dphys-kernel-cputype"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dphys-kernel-packages"
version: "20061027-2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dphys-kernel-cputype"
---

# dphys-kernel-cputype(1)

determine which custom kernel to use

## NAME

dphys-kernel-cputype - determine which custom kernel to use

## SYNOPSIS

**dphys-kernel-cputype**

## DESCRIPTION

dphys-kernel-cputype determines what processor type, if SMP is used and memory site and generates an descriptor string showing all of these.

The string is compatible with that used by [*dphys-kernel-packages*(1)](/dphys-kernel-packages/1.md) to generate kernel configs and name the generated /lib/modules/\*/\* and kernel .deb packages. So it can be used to select what custom kernel and modules to install, such as by *dphys-admin*(8)

Result is an string of format \<*processor*\>\[**-smp**\]-\<*memory*\>. \<*processor*\> can be any of **p1**, **p3**, **p4**, **k7** or **k8**. **-smp** is added if SMP support is wanted. *memory* can be any of **1gb**, **4gb** or **64gb**. Examples: p1-1gb p3-1gb p4-4gb k7-smp-1gb k7-smp-64gb k8-4gb.

The lshw program is required to find out what hardware is present.

## OPTIONS

none

## CONFIG

none

## FILES

none

## SEE ALSO

[*dphys-kernel-packages*(1)](/dphys-kernel-packages/1.md)

## AUTHOR

franklin@phys.ethz.ch, http://www.phys.ethz.ch/~franklin/